Record carriers containing a user's preferred order of reproduction of items of information included therein, and apparatus for use with and/or for creating such record carriers
First Claim
1. An apparatus for reproducing items of information included on a record carrier having a pre-mastered region and a user writable region which are separate from each other the user writable region including a user writable lead-in part, the apparatus comprising:
- reproduction means for reproducing items of information included on the record carrier in accordance with a user'"'"'s preferred order of reproduction of items of information included on the record carrier; and
read means for readingfrom the pre-mastered region pointer information which identifies a location in the user writable lead-in part in which at least a portion of a user table of contents which identifies in a particular order locations on the record carrier of items of information recorded on the record carrier by a user is located, andfrom the user writable lead-in part (a), on the basis of the pointer information, the user table of contents,and (b) user preferred order information which identifies the user'"'"'s preferred order of reproduction.
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Abstract
Record carriers containing a user'"'"'s preferred order of reproduction of items of information included therein, and reproducing apparatus for use with and/or recording apparatus for creating the record carriers. The reproducing apparatus reproduces items of information which have been recorded on the record carrier at respective locations within a single continuous time sequence in accordance with the user'"'"'s preferred order of reproduction after reading information containing the user'"'"'s preferred order of reproduction from the record carrier. The recording apparatus enable the user'"'"'s preferred order of reproduction to be entered into the recording apparatus, and records information containing the user'"'"'s preferred order of reproduction on the record carrier. The record carriers may include a user writable region and a pre-mastered region including pointer information identifying where within the user writable region a user table of contents is or will be located.
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1. An apparatus for reproducing items of information included on a record carrier having a pre-mastered region and a user writable region which are separate from each other the user writable region including a user writable lead-in part, the apparatus comprising:
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reproduction means for reproducing items of information included on the record carrier in accordance with a user'"'"'s preferred order of reproduction of items of information included on the record carrier; and read means for reading from the pre-mastered region pointer information which identifies a location in the user writable lead-in part in which at least a portion of a user table of contents which identifies in a particular order locations on the record carrier of items of information recorded on the record carrier by a user is located, and from the user writable lead-in part (a), on the basis of the pointer information, the user table of contents, and (b) user preferred order information which identifies the user'"'"'s preferred order of reproduction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 13, 14, 15, 16, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77)
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7. An apparatus for recording items of information on a record carrier having a pre-mastered region and a user writable region which are separate from each other, the user writable region including a user writable lead-in part and the pre-mastered region including pointer information which identifies a location in the user writable lead-in part in which at least a portion of a user table of contents which identifies in a particular order locations on the record carrier of items of information recorded on the record carrier by a user is to be located, the apparatus comprising:
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input means for enabling a user to enter user preferred order information defining a user'"'"'s preferred order of reproduction of items of information which have been included on the record carrier; and write means for recording in the user writable lead-in part (a), on the basis of the pointer information, the user table of contents, and (b) the user preferred order information. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84)
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17. An apparatus for reproducing items of information included on a record carrier having a pre-mastered lead-in part and a user writable lead-in part, the pre-mastered lead-in part and the user writable lead-in part being separate from each other, the apparatus comprising:
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reproduction means for reproducing items of information included on the record carrier in accordance with a user'"'"'s preferred order of reproduction of items of information included on the record carrier; and read means for reading (a) from the pre-mastered lead-in part a pre-mastered table of contents which identifies in a first particular order locations on the record carrier of pre-mastered items of information included on the record carrier, and (b) from the user writable lead-in part (i) a user table of contents which identifies in a second particular order locations on the record carrier of items of information recorded on the record carrier by a user, and (ii) user preferred order information which identifies the user'"'"'s preferred order of reproduction. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 85, 86)
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29. An apparatus for recording items of information on a record carrier having a pre-mastered lead-in part, including a pre-mastered table of contents which identifies in a first particular order locations on the record carrier of pre-mastered items of information included on the record carrier, and a user writable lead-in part, the pre-mastered lead-in part and the user writable lead-in part being separate from each other, the apparatus comprising:
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input means for enabling a user to enter user preferred order information defining a user'"'"'s preferred order of reproduction of items of information which have been included on the record carrier; and write means for recording in the user writable lead-in part (a) the user preferred order information, and (b) a user table of contents which identifies in a second particular order locations on the record carrier of items of information recorded on the record carrier by the user. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 87, 88, 89, 90)
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35. An apparatus for reproducing items of information included on a record carrier having a pre-mastered region and a user writable region, the apparatus comprising:
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read means for reading (a) a portion of the pre-mastered region including pointer information identifying wherein within the user writable region a user table of contents is included, and (b) the user table of contents on the basis of the pointer information, the user table of contents having location information identifying locations in the user writable region in which items of information have been recorded; and reproduction means for reproducing items of information recorded in the user writable region on the basis of the location information. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 91)
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38. An apparatus for recording items of information on a record carrier having a pre-mastered region and a user writable region, the apparatus comprising:
recording means for recording (a) items of information in the user writable region, and (b) a user table of contents in a lead-in portion of the user writable region, the user table of contents having location information identifying locations in the user writable region in which items of information have been recorded; and determining means for determining from pointer information included in the pre-mastered region where within the user writable region the user table of contents is to be recorded. - View Dependent Claims (39, 92, 93, 94)
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40. A record carrier, comprising:
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a user writable region, the user writable region including a user writable lead-in part which includes (a) a user table of contents which identifies in a particular order locations in the record carrier of items of information recorded by a user, and (b) user preferred order information which identifies a user'"'"'s preferred order of reproduction of items of information included in the record carrier; and a pre-mastered region which is separate from the user writable region, the pre-mastered region including pointer information which identifies a location in the user writable lead-in part in which at least a portion of the user table of contains is located. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 58, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102)
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53. A record carrier, comprising:
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a pre-mastered lead-in part, the pre-mastered lead-in part including a pre-mastered table of contents which identifies in a first particular order locations in the record carrier of pre-mastered items of information included in the record carrier; and a user writable lead-in part which is separate from the pre-mastered lead-in part, the user writable lead-in part including (a) a user table of contents which identifies in a second particular order locations in the record carrier of items of information recorded in the record carrier by a user, and (b) user preferred order information which identifies a user'"'"'s preferred order of reproduction of items of information included in the record carrier. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 103, 104, 105)
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68. A record carrier, comprising:
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a user writable region including a user table of contents having location information identifying locations in the user writable region in which items of information have been recorded; and a pre-mastered region which is separate from the user writable region including pointer information identifying wherein within the user writable region the user table of contents is located. - View Dependent Claims (69, 70)
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78. The apparatus as claimed in 74, wherein the user preferred order information includes a list of track numbers, and the apparatus further comprises means for determining from the list, the pre-mastered table of contents and the user table of contents the locations on the record carrier of the items of information included on the record carrier for which the track numbers are identified in the list.
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